Financial Controller

• A large, listed multinational is looking for a Financial Controller to own its record to report process globally, across a lot of countries, currencies and time zones.
• Finance runs through a mix of in-country teams and an offshore shared services centre, so the same process gets done quite differently depending on where you look.

Your job is to assess, improve & standardise.

• You will report to the GM Finance, with real backing from senior finance leadership.

Role Summary

• A large, listed multinational is looking for a Financial Controller to own its record to report process globally, across a lot of countries, currencies and time zones.
• Finance runs through a mix of in-country teams and an offshore shared services centre, so the same process gets done quite differently depending on where you look.

Your job is to assess, improve & standardise.

• You will report to the GM Finance, with real backing from senior finance leadership.
• What the Role Involves
• Refreshing the global R2R standards first up. Month end close, journals, balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany transactions.
• You'll help set the global standard and then make sure it actually sticks.
• Oversight of the balance sheet rather than doing the recs yourself, including targeted reviews of high risk areas and getting aged items cleared.
• Owning the R2R control framework, segregation of duties included.
• Any internal audit findings that touch R2R come to you to resolve properly, root cause and all.
• Driving more automation across journals and intercompany, and looking at where AI can take out manual work (alongside a transformation lead already in place).
• One direct report, but a big network of finance teams relying on your standards who don't report to you.
• Ideal Background / Experience
• Established senior finance leader, not after a first step up.
• Audit background, then controllership in a large listed business.
• Genuine end to end R2R experience, from how a transaction is recorded right through to what gets reported.
• You've worked with an offshore shared services or outsourced model and know how to get the best out of one.
• International and multi-currency exposure is important here.
• Oracle, Black Line and EPM or similar, and happy to get into the detail in Excel when needed.
• Comfortable with ambiguity. There's no set weekly list of deliverables, so you'll need to be someone who works out what matters and gets on with it.
• A services or project-based background is a plus but not essential.
• What's on Offer
• circa $250k including super, plus STI.
• Sydney based.
• Flexibility, no mandated office days. It's a global role so some non-standard hours come with it.
• Good timing to join, with year end done and half year still a way off.